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verb (used with object)
1.
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner: to recite a lesson.
2.
to repeat (a piece of poetry or prose) before an audience, as for entertainment.
3.
to give an account of: to recite one's adventures.
4.
to enumerate.
verb (used without object)
5.
to recite a lesson or part of a lesson for a teacher.
6.
to recite or repeat something from memory.
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Reciting
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Word Origin & History
recite
1430, from L. recitare "read aloud, repeat from memory," from re- "back, again" + citare "to summon" (see cite). Recital is first attested 1512 as a legal term for "formal statement of relevant facts;" musical performance sense is from 1811. Recitation "act of rehearsing" is
EXPANDrecorded from 1484; meaning "repetition of a prepared lesson" is first recorded 1770, Amer.Eng.
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